Israeli forces went into rafah on monday night, in defiance of international pressure, seizing the Border Crossing with egypt. The un secretary general Antonio Guterres has warned that a full scale assault on rafah would cause a humanitarian nightmare. Paul adams sent this report from jerusalem. A deal may now be tantalizingly close. But in rafah, israels military pressure is relentless. Today, severing gazas last link with the outside world, the crossing point into egypt. And raising theirflag, sending an unmistakable message to hamas. The noose is tightening. The sounds of approaching war echo among the displaced. Hundreds of thousands of palestinians living in the sand against the egyptian border. Or next to the sea. I dont know where to stay, ahmed says. People are fleeing from rafah and i have my children with me. Gazans have been on the move since yesterday morning, heeding israels latest warnings, not knowing if the coming days will bring relief or despair. Translation after wha
Out there for some. Its wednesday, the 8th of may. Our main story. The parents of 11 children, who died after what they say were the failings of social media, have called on rishi sunak and keir starmer to do more to protect young people online. In an open letter, they say theyre disappointed by the lack of ambition shown by the regulator, ofcom, which has today set out its plans to force Tech Companies to make their platforms safer. Our correspondent Angus Crawford reports. I want to know what theyve got to say, and i want them to meet people with lived experience. Its really important to try and understand what ofcom are doing because from the outside they seem to be doing so little, which is ridiculous and frustrating. Brianna and molly, their short lives spurring their parents on to try and make the online world a safer place for all children. We showed them posts and pictures, easy to find on social media of self harm, suicide and eating disorders. Had you, um. Had you seen conten
Of international pressure, seizing the Border Crossing with egypt. The un Secretary General, antonio guterres, has warned that a full scale assault on rafah would cause a humanitarian nightmare. Qatar has called for International Intervention to prevent the city from being invaded. Our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem. We know that for weeks now the us has been warning israel against a full scale offensive of rafah. This really because of the high numbers of displaced people who are living in that city, crammed up next to the border with egypt. And the us had been talking to israel about more limited options for going in there to tackle the hamas presence. Now, this does look to be a really significant development, the idea that a us shipment has been halted to israel. Its the first time weve heard of such a thing in seven months of war. And it really does reflect, i think, the level of us concerns about this operation, in particular. We understand that the ship
In the fair. Every rival must be respected in the semifinaland fair. Every rival must be respected in the semifinal and they did better than us in the semifinal and they did better than us in in the semifinal and they did better than us in the first leg. It was a night for the number one seeds in the nba playoffs. The Oklahoma City thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference semifinals. While in the east conference semifinals, the Boston Celtics also took a i nothing lead in their best of seven series. They convincingly beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in boston 120 to 95. Holding a double digit throughout the second half. If theyre to win a record 18th championship, the celtics will lean on the scoring of jaylen brown, who got another 32 points on tuesday. Rafa nadal says hes excited to be playing in a tournament that hes won 10 times before even if hes going into the italian open ranked 305 in the world and he also admits all matches are tough for him right now. Hes Playi